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==Blurb==

<i>Ash and his friends have reached Oreburgh City, where Ash will try to earn his first Sinnoh Gym Badge. But Paul has beaten him to the Oreburgh Gym, and he'll battle Gym Leader Roark first—if Roark ever shows up! Roark is also a mining foreman who's busy excavating for buried fossils and coal ore. In fact, Ash and company locate him just as he's uncovered another fossil find. The fossils he discovers can be revived at the local museum, which has Team Rocket sensing another great opportunity to score some Pokémon for their Boss.

==Plot==

Sometime later, Ash and his friends have made their way into Oreburgh City and we find them just as they reach the Oreburgh City Gym which looks like a large building made out of stone. Before he can enter however, [[Paul]], his new rival in the Sinnoh region, and an older long haired man, walk out of the Gym. Ash asks if Paul has challenged the [[Gym Leader]] yet, but Paul looks distastefully at Ash and says that the Gym Leader isn't even there. The older man explains that the Gym Leader is not at the Gym. The man then goes onto tell Ash that the Gym use {{t|Rock}} Pokémon. Ash is surprised by this, and the comment catches Paul's attention. At this, Paul abruptly decides to go find a [[Pokémon Center]], and as he walks away Ash wishes him luck. Paul smirks and continues walking.

At this, two men pushing forward a mining cart with a huge lump of rock in it walk out of the mine, followed by Roark who asks for them to wait. Roark walks over to the mining cart, and begins to rub the large stone that it is carrying, smiling as the rock appears to have some sort of face. As the cart is taken away, Roark asks who Ash and his friends are. Ash asks if he is the Gym Leader, saying that he's come to challenge him for a Gym Badge. Roark smiles and is embarrassed and he starts rubbing the back of his head remembering that as a Gym Leader, he has to be available to take Gym Challenges. However, he was so preoccupied with his latest discovery that he just forgot: the rock in the mining cart could actually have contained a real Pokémon that had been fossilized a long time ago.

As Brock explains, Blaze powers up a {{type|Fire}} Pokémon's attacks when they are low on energy. Roark realizes he has to finish this fast, and calls for another Zen Headbutt. Paul then tells Chimchar to use {{m|Flame Wheel}}, and Chimchar runs towards the oncoming Cranidos, turning into a blazing ball of fire. Chimchar smashes straight into and past Cranidos, causing it to reel back in pain at the force of the attack. Chimchar repeats the attack, before going underground for another Dig. Roark tells Cranidos to use Headbutt when Chimchar appears. It does so, smashing Chimchar down into the ground and knocking it out. Paul recalls it into the Poké Ball, angry with it for its defeat and promising to deal with it later.  

Cranidos then smacks Elekid square in the chest with a Flamethrower. It then uses Zen Headbutt and Elekid uses {{m|Brick Break}}. The two attacks hit and there is an explosion as both Pokémon are knocked back. The two Pokémon the stand facing each other. Both of them very tired. But Cranidos falls down and is declared unable to battle by the Gym's referee.

==Major events==

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====Humans====

* [[Roark]]

====Pokémon debuts====

* Miner 1

* Miner 2

===Pokémon===

* {{p|Elekid}} ({{OP|Paul|Elekid}})

* {{p|Chimchar}} ({{OP|Paul|Chimchar}})

* {{p|Geodude}} ([[Roark]]'s)

* {{p|Onix}} ([[Roark]]'s)

* Roark being at the coal mines is a reference to his occupation in the [[Generation IV]] {{pkmn|games}} when the {{player}} first visits the Gym.

* Music from ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]'' and ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'' is used as background music.

* This is one of the few episodes of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} where [[Dawn's Piplup]] does not appear.

* This episode holds the record of having the most Abilities activated, with a total of four: Elekid's {{a|Static}}, Onix's {{a|Rock Head}}, Chimchar's {{a|Blaze}} and Cranidos's {{a|Mold Breaker}}.

* Cranidos's Mold Breaker nullifies Elekid's Static. In the games, this would not happen, as Static does not protect Elekid from any kind of moves.

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